We have a silly feature for emerge that changes the output spinner from a -\|/- repeating type deal, to a random string of characters that form a sentence. However it's rather old and I don't think it's very useful and it's rather large in terms of code. I'm wondering if anyone actually uses it or cares about it. Otherwise I was planning on just taking it out. It doesn't really affect emerge at all ( it's merely cosmetic ), so either way isn't a big deal. Mostly looking to cut out crufty code.

If removing it helps maintain useful code, then I say remove it. If it is popular enough, maybe modularize it, so it's off in a dark corner by itself._________________It is what it is out there. So whatever it is, it is.

I think it's quite nice (even though i also like the spinner), what's the problem with it apart from some lines of code that aren't absolutely necessary? Does it need much maintenance or affect your work negatively in any other way? If so, scrap it. If it only annoys you by being there, but doesn't actually cause trouble, try to let it live._________________Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week)

I think it's quite nice (even though i also like the spinner), what's the problem with it apart from some lines of code that aren't absolutely necessary? Does it need much maintenance or affect your work negatively in any other way? If so, scrap it. If it only annoys you by being there, but doesn't actually cause trouble, try to let it live.

Didn't knew it existed, but now I do I'm not really interested either.
Kick it.

++_________________"I saw the code for your computer program yesterday. It looked easy. Its just a bunch of typing. And half of the words were spelt wrong. And dont get me started on your over-use of colons."
- The Pointy Haired Boss sees some actual code

I'm using it because I put "candy" in make.conf once to see what it looked like and never got around to removing it. If it's bloating the code a bit then I don't care.
It never actually worked *that* well anyway, it's a neat idea but it either goes far too fast or far too slowly._________________What are you, stupid?

We have a silly feature for emerge that changes the output spinner from a -\|/- repeating type deal, to a random string of characters that form a sentence.

It's not "random"; the effect is like a flashlight rapidly moving back and forth to illuminate one character at a time of the sentence "Thank you for using Gentoo" -- and there's no harm in it. (Especially since you can modify the source if you want a different message). Keep it!